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Re: Different fonts in webpages
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lugnet.publish
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Mon, 11 Oct 1999 06:00:31 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Todd Lehman writes:
> 5. Verdana only looks good at <FONT SIZE="-1"> or <FONT SIZE="-2">. It's
> too thin at the default font size. Unfortunately, if you specify -1 and you
> don't specify Helvetica as a back-up, then Times looks terrible at -1. (And
> Times looks really terrible at -2.)
I shouldn't say Verdana _only_ looks good at -1 and -2. It also looks good
at very large sizes. It just looks terrible at the default default size.
But YMMV, of course. Sometimes people change their settings from the
installation defaults (the default defaults). IMHO, it's always best to
design for the default defaults, but to keep in mind that these "defaults"
may differ from platform to platform. For example, the default default for
serif fonts on Winblows is Times New Roman, 12 point. But on the Mac, the
default default is (I think) Times, 10 point -- and this actually resutls in
a pixel count difference.
--Todd
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| (...) Changing fonts is playing with fire. It's possible to do it right, but it's tricky. Some of my rules of thumb: 1. The best way to specify a Helvetica-like face is to use <FONT FACE="Geneva,Arial,Helvetica"> in that order. Geneva is the for the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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